Shade-holder for incandescent lamps.



No. 765,681. PATENTED JULY 26, 1904.

R. W. SGHMBLZ.

SHADE` HOLDER FUR INCANDESCENT LAMPS.

l APPLIOATION FILED 1120.5. 1903.

No MODEL.

INVENTH .4 TTOHNEYS No. 765,638.1, y

Patented July 2e, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD WV. SOHMELZ, OF FAR ROCKAVVAY, NEINT YORK.

SHADE-HOLDIER FOR INCANDESCENT LAMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. r765,681, dated July 26, 1904.

V.Application liled December 5, 1903. Serial No. 183,858. (No model.)

.T0 all whom, t may foncer-n,.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD W. SCHMELZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Far Rockaway, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-Holders for Incandescent Electric Lamps. of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.` y

The object of this invention is to provide an improved shade-holder for incandescent electric lamps, a further object being to provide a shade-holder of the class specified which may be quickly and easily attached to a lamp-support and which will remain securely in position and with which a shade may easily be connected in such a manner that the shade will be securely held in the desired position and may be conveniently detached whenever necessary.

This invention is an improvement on that described and claimed in United States Letters Patent granted to me August 12, 1902, Serial No. 706,856, and is fully disclosed in the following speciiication, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my invention are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which- Figure l is a side view of a socket or holder of an incandescent electric lamp and showing my improved shade-holder connected therewith and a shade suspended thereby; Fig. 2, a plan view of the holder detached, and Fig. 3, a perspective View of one part thereof.

Referring to the drawings, a designates the socket or holder of an incandescent electric lamp, and said socket or holder is provided at its lower end with a reduced neck a2, having an annular bead as, and in the practice of my invention I provide a shade-holder composed of two similar side' members 722, hinged together at b3. Each of the side members b2 is composed of spring-wire bent to form a yoke the separate sides of Awhich are connected by a vertically-arranged cross-piece If, and in the form of construction shown the hinge at b3 is made by means of a sleeve b5, which incloses said parts b, The bottom side The segmental arms c when connected form a ring which incloses when in use the neck c2 of the socket piece or holder a, and when the shade or holder is in this position an ordinary shade d, having a neck dgand' a flange or rim d3, may be inserted into or between the arms b, by which it will be securely held. In order to connect the shade-holder with the neck a3, the armsc are passed around said neck and the free ends brought together and interlocked, and in order to disconnect the shadeholder from the neck a2 it is only necessary to separate the interlocking parts c3 in the manner of other devices of this class and as will be readily understood.

The shade d (shown in the drawings) is of 4a well-known form; but it will be apparent that other shades of different styles and shapes may be employed, all that is necessary in this connection being to provide a shade having a neck portion a2, which may be engaged by the spring-arms 126. When the spring-arms c are drawn together and secured around the neck a2 of the socket or holder a, the arms b are held in the position shown in Fig. 2 and the free ends of said arms will yield to permit the neck of the shade to be inserted thereinto, and the elasticity of the arms b is suiicient to hold the shade in proper position at all times; but the shade may be detached, as will be readily understood, without removing the shade-holder from the neck a2.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. A shade-holder comprising two spring yoke members hinged together, one side of said yoke members being formed into seg- IOO mental arms having interlocking ends and the other side thereof being formed into segmental arms having free ends, substantially as shown and described.

2. A shade-holder adapted to be connected With an electric-lamp socket or similar device, said holder being composed of two yokeshaped spring members hinged together, one side of said members being formed into segmental arms adapted to nclose the neck of the socket and provided With means whereby they may interlock, the other side of said yoke members being formed into segmental springarms having outwardly-curved free ends.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 3d day Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, C. J. KLEIN. 

